Is naked dressing — that flesh-baring trend that reached its apogee in the post-pandemic world, a trend that got so extreme the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival had to officially ban the look — finally coming to an end?
Perhaps not on the red carpet, judging by recent appearances by Margot Robbie modeling barely-there Armani at a film premiere or Dakota Johnson in sheer Gucci lace at a Kering Foundation gala, but in real life.
Or so the New York collections, which ended last week and are a bellwether of sorts of what we will wear next, suggested. It was the single biggest takeaway in an otherwise uneventful week in which too many designers took refuge in the safety of sportswear, and the lightness usually associated with spring shows seemed to have gotten lost in the folds of balloon pants.
“I call it sneaky sexy,” Michael Kors said backstage, gesturing at his enveloping, hybrid suiting, where even the sequined evening pants came with a scrim of dark chiffon on top.
Vanessa Friedman has been the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The Times since 2014.
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